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At the WWII Memorial on the National Mall: No sign of folks leaving. The vets have control of the memorial. #shutdown pic.twitter.com/eGj4kmFEiP — Leo Shane III (@LeoShane) October 1, 2013 So, the WWII memorial is open today... Park police letting everyone by right now. #shutdown — Leo Shane III (@LeoShane) October 1, 2013 No attempt to stop any WWII visitors right now. Maybe after the congressmen leave ... #shutdown pic.twitter.com/SZmxBfh2cr — Leo Shane III (@LeoShane) October 1, 2013 As noted in the last post, Congressman Steve King "distracted" the Capitol Park Police while the veterans, per their training, rushed over...

Approximately 1,000 dead fish have been found floating in a pond at the National Mall, the National Park Service has confirmed. A Park Service crew will test the water and algae levels at the Constitution Gardens pond Thursday. However, the number is not unusual for that pond, officials said, due to the construction and design of the area. The Park Service said it's long stressed the importance of redesigning the pond to maintain a better ecological balance.

<p>The day after thousands rallied to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington, the National Mall looks like a trash dump.</p> <p>The grass from the Lincoln Memorial to the World War II Memorial is covered Sunday with empty soda cans, water bottles, boxed lunches, newspapers, a broken chair and rally signs. The Reflecting Pool also was filled with trash.</p>

More than 20,000 protestors from around 160 organizations will swarm the National Mall Sunday in hopes of intensifying the pressure on President Obama over climate policy. The president has not yet detailed the specifics of how he will address the issue, aside from a pledge made in the State of the Union address to take executive action on climate if Congress fails to make progress. Demonstrators are likely to offer plenty of loud suggestions in what green groups are branding the largest ever United States climate rally. “We’re really past the point of playing games with any of this stuff,”...

The designs are bold: a retractable theater that could seat thousands, a looping rooftop garden above a gourmet restaurant, and an underground pavilion with a cafeteria and bookstore. Those are just some of the features that could greet visitors to "America's Front Yard" in a few years, as the designs announced Monday will move on to the final round of the Trust for the National Mall's competition to overhaul three prominent sites. It will be the Mall's first major renovation in nearly 40 years. In 1976, an area north of the Reflecting Pool was transformed into Constitution Gardens, a quiet...

The 30ft-tall statue, which forms the centrepiece of a $120 million (£73 million), four-acre memorial to Dr King, opened to the public on Monday on the National Mall in Washington. It is the only memorial on the Mall that does not honour a president or fallen soldiers. Standing in the shadow of the Washington Monument, the statue shows Dr King emerging from a mountain of Chinese granite with his arms crossed and is called The Stone of Hope. However, there has been controversy over the choice of Lei Yixin, a 57-year-old master sculptor from Changsha in Hunan province, to carry...

The memorial sits on the National Mall near the Tidal Basin, between memorials honoring Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson. It includes a 30-foot-tall sculpture of King and a 450-foot-long granite wall inscribed with 14 quotations from the civil rights leader. The Chinese sculptor Lei Yixin: The Location on The Mall:

POSTER OPPORTUNITY Photos of Mall, post: Beck Restores Honor, and post: Obama Left Trash

Dozens of ducks and ducklings have died in stinking, fetid water in a pool at one of the United States' most famous sights, the National Mall. The ponds near the Jefferson Memorial in the capital Washington D.C are filled with green, dirty water, pavements have crumbled, and the millions of visitors to the two-mile stretch have trampled the soil so that grass is no longer able to grow. The National Mall is now in danger of becoming a national disgrace as funding is diverted to other parts of the country. Last year, dozens of ducks and their offspring died of...

WASHINGTON – Crumbling sidewalks near the Jefferson Memorial are sinking into the Tidal Basin. Reflecting pools are filled with green, smelly water. And millions of visitors have trampled the soil into virtual concrete where grass can't grow. The National Mall is in danger of becoming a national disgrace. "It does not deserve the name 'National Mall,'" said Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the city's nonvoting member of Congress. "We ought to call it something else until it looks decent."

Any Mathmaniacs out there looking for a good time on a Friday night? I suspect that you might have to have better than average skill to do this, but math is math. It's free from opinion and sometimes the truths that are revealed are more powerful than punditry. I floated this question a couple of days ago, but it was during a slow traffic hour and to a separate thread. It was also before this particular item was yanked from the Stimulus Shakedown. Anyway, I was curious if anyone might have the math skill to breakdown the cost of resodding...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Park Police are investigating a third robbery and assault at the National Mall. Police said it happened just after midnight Sunday at 12th Street on the Mall. Police already are looking for at least three men who allegedly attacked two couples on the Mall Thursday night, authorities said. Those attacks happened between 10:45 p.m. and 11 p.m., just blocks from the Washington Monument and across from the National Museum of American History.

March for Life National Mall Washington, District of Columbia (United States) Gray, Nellie, President, March for Life Pence, Mike, U.S. Representative, R-IN 33rd Annual March for Life on the National Mall. President Bush is expected to speak via audio connection.

Lord, Keep our Troops forever in Your care Give them victory over the enemy... Grant them a safe and swift return... Bless those who mourn the lost. . FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time. ...................................................................................... ........................................... U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues Where Duty, Honor and Countryare acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated. Our Mission: The FReeper Foxhole is dedicated to Veterans of our Nation's military forces and to others who are affected in their relationships with Veterans. In the FReeper Foxhole, Veterans or their family members should feel...

WASHINGTON - The big wall of stars at the National World War II Memorial struck a nerve with George McKinney. The wall has 4,000 gold stars, each representing about 100 U.S. soldiers killed in the war. McKinney, an Army veteran, said he knew so many people - friends and relatives - killed in the war that they would account for an entire star. He got choked up as recalled them. "I lost a brother," he said as a few tears rolled down his cheek. His older brother Cecil died when his plane crashed during a training flight. Joyce Siler, another...

WASHINGTON — A circle of World War II veterans prayed Tuesday at the long-awaited monument to their generation's service. "Quietly awesome," said Sen. John Warner (R-Va.), describing the National World War II Memorial with words that also apply to the men and women who inspired the granite and bronze tribute. Warner and nine other members of Congress who served in the Second World War toured the site on the national Mall between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. The 7.4-acre monument officially opens Memorial Day weekend more than a decade after it was proposed. With World War II vets...

World War II Memorial to Open Last Week of April By Sgt. 1st Class Doug Sample, USA American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, April 15, 2004 -- It's been a long time coming -- some 59 years after the war -- but soon visitors wandering about the National Mall here will see the new memorial dedicated to the nation's World War II veterans. The World War II memorial on the National Mall in Washington will be dedicated May 29, but will be ready for opening at the end of April. Artist rendering by Joe McKendry.(Click photo for screen-resolution image); high-resolution...

<p>Slavery is one of the thorniest of issues -- and rightly so. Even today, with the War between the States seemingly part of ancient history, many black Americans face insurmountable challenges when they try to trace their family history. It is difficult to move forward when you do not know where you have been. Our troubled school system doesn't help, since it even fails to teach the basic reading and writing skills that children need to advance into high school. Suffice it to say, while public schools are doing a shameful job, the D.C. Lottery is doing its part to impart American history.</p>